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I was saying that about Ayn Rand, and I wouldn't say she was acting emotional, I might say she was being emotional and acting intellectual. Read Intro. to objectivist epistemology for a clearer glimpse of the kind of simplistic reasoning behind objectivism. To her credit, most of it was apparently formulated before the 20th century came up with 3 of its greatest intellectual accomplishments (IMO) Uncertainty, Incompleteness, and Chaos. Communism, such as it has existed, has been a demonstrable failure. It is still useful in this country to deflect attention away from problems in our society, or with its brand of market capitalism, by labelling the one who observes these problems as a communist.